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Tesla Recalls 2,700 Model X Cars, Highlighting Risk of Massive Model 3 Rollout (bgr.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Tesla has recalled 2,700 Model X cars due to a design flaw affecting the vehicle's third row of seats. Specifically, a faulty locking hinge on the last row of seats could potentially cause the seats to collapse forward during a crash. "Despite [15] prior successful tests and no reports of a third row seat slipping in any customer vehicles," Tesla said in an email to affected owners, "we have decided to conduct a voluntary recall as a precautionary measure and will be replacing all affected third row seat backs." Even though the Model X recall is small, it brings to mind the Model 3 and what possible manufacturing issues will pertain to it. BGR writes, "The current number of Model 3 reservations is absolutely staggering and Tesla will have no choice but to get as many Model 3s manufactured and out on the road as soon as humanly possible. So even in a best-case scenario where the rollout of the Model 3 goes swimmingly, Tesla will need to do all it can to ensure that the Model 3s rolling off the line in late 2018 and early 2019 are flawless." Recalling 2,700 vehicles is one thing, but a recall affecting the Model 3 could be a logistical and publicity nightmare.
You know how many recalls companies like Honda or GM deal with in a year?? A b0rked third-row seat 'aint nuthin.
Apparently the author isn't aware of the thousands of recalls other manufacturers make, and is further unaware several owners forgo getting service since the recalls are often for minor issues that don't really affect them.
If anything, Telsa taking the extra steps to prevent a potential problem should relieve Model 3 purchasers that Tesla stands behind their products.
Not everybody want to do business according to the traditional US "screw the customer as best as possible" "capitalist" model. Some may want the dual satisfaction of delivering a good product and still making quite a bit of money off it. And no, that is not socialism, not screwing over your customer is a very, very capitalist thing to do, it just requires the ability to think strategically.
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You do realise this is because the quality of japanese cars has forced american and european manufacturers to up the game, not because japanese car quality has gone down. Honda and Toyota still generally top the reliability and build quality charts.
There is a genuine concern here. Check out this video by BjÃrn Nyland, an early buyer of the Model S. He has had pretty much the whole drive train replaced more than once, and numerous other issues. His story is not uncommon for buyers of early models.
Newer models seem to be a lot more reliable. The question is if Tesla will have similar problems with early revisions or if they will be reliable from day one. The Model X actually suggests the latter, as opposed to what TFA implies, as it's not been anything like as problematic as the early Model S.
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